School Nurse
Farney Close School
West Sussex
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- Salary:
- Salary: £28, 997- £31,602 (Pro-rata)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- 05/11/2019
- Apply by:
- 25 October 2019
Job overview
School Nurse - term time only
Farney Close is a mixed independent residential school for children aged 11-18 who are experiencing Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties. The school also supports pupils who experience Asperger or Tourette’s Syndrome, Moderate Learning Difficulties, Dyslexia or Moderate Speech and Language Difficulties.
We are seeking to appoint a qualified nurse to join our committed and enthusiastic staff team, where the safety and well being of our young people is paramount. The key role will be to provide medical support and advice for pupils with ongoing medical and mental health conditions, liaising with staff, social services, medical professionals, parents and carers and other agencies.
Within the role you would administer medication, carry out first aid and nursing procedures and provide some psychological support, as well as being part of the school’s Safeguarding Team.
You should be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and ideally have a Level 3 Award in Education and Training, or be willing to work towards this. Experience of SEMH, Mental Health, Autism and challenging behaviour is desirable.
Ability to work under pressure, prioritise need and meet dealings, along with a sense of humour and interest in working with our client group, is important.
As this is a new post, it is offered as a one-year contract, to be reviewed towards the end of the year.
Duties to include:
• The provision of medical support and advice for pupils with ongoing medical and mental health conditions,
• Liaison with social services, medical professionals, parents/carers and other agencies.
• Provision of health promotion for the pupils.
• Accompanying pupils to medical appointment and attend meetings relevant to pupils health needs.
• Managing children who are unwell during the school day.
• Ensuring the safe storage and administration of medications to pupils in care and education, and document the evidence of administration as approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
• Work as port of the schools Safeguarding team.
• Work closely with The Head of Care to ensure all pupils health requirements are met
• Delivery of training to staff in administering medication and other health related issues
• Record health issues and incident and be responsible for data collection and the evidencing of individual health
• Identifying ways to support individuals in addressing healthy living.
• Monitor and evaluate accident and injury records
Our school is committed to safeguarding, equality and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and good working references.
Full Time, 40 hours per week, 38 weeks per year
Requirement to be flexible with hours according to pupils needs.
All job applicants will be required to provide 2 referees (one must be your most recent employer) and undertake an enhanced DBS Disclosure. This process forms part of our recruitment and safeguarding policy.
Job Types: Permanent Full-time – Term Time Only.
Salary: £28, 997- £31,602 (Pro-rata) Licence: Registered Nurse (RN)
About Farney Close School
Farney Close is an independent day and 5 day residential special school registered with the DFE for up to 72 boys and girls aged 9 to 18 years.The school is situated in mid- Sussex, between Brighton and Gatwick Airport. Set in 32 acres of mixed woodland, 3 lakes, a range of 10 residential houses and an extensive range of specialist classrooms, including a large sports hall, and a large vocational building used for Mechanics, Construction Studies, and Catering Services.
Farney Close is a company limited by guarantee and registered a charity. It is overseen by a board of Governors who govern the school and a board of Directors who oversee the running of the Company. The schools Senior Leadership Team (SLT) currently includes a Principal, Vice Principal, Head of Education and Head of Care. There are 14 teachers, 2 Instructors, 23 Residential Care Workers, a School Social Worker, Referrals and Inclusion Officer, School Nurse, SEN department and Estate Manager. There is also a range of ancillary workers for administration, catering, laundry, cleaning and maintenance.
The schools last Ofsted Education inspection in October 2022 saw us move from requires improvement to Good. Our most recent Ofsted Social Care Inspection also judged us to be Good with Leadership and Management viewed as Outstanding.
Farney Close is used by Local Authorities across the south, southeast and east of England including Surrey, West Sussex, East Sussex, Kent and Essex as well as by several London boroughs.
Farney Close provides education, care, social development and therapeutic support to young people who have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and experience a range of needs including:
· Social, emotional and mental health needs (SEMH)
· Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
· Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) (a sub-type of ADHD)
· Asperger’s Syndrome (High level functioning)
· Autism (ASC) (where challenging behaviours are the primary need)
· Conduct Disorder (CD)
· Dyslexia
· Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD)
· Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
· Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
· Speech and Language Difficulties including social communication and interaction.
The school aims to develop young peoples’ educational and independence skills at all times and to make them aware of their personal and social responsibilities. Learning, whether it is social or educational, takes place in small groups and is laid out in step by step in order to be effective and clear. All packages put in place to support the young people, be they educational or social, are personalized, and shaped to reflect the identified needs of the individual.
The school is exceptionally well developed in terms of resources and accommodation and this reflects our determination to provide the very best resources for pupils and staff. It also supports our premise that outstanding physical and social environments provide a positive and stable model through which pupils’ have the best advantages to learn. The unusually high level of therapeutic provision also reflects our commitment to meeting individual’s needs at all levels. In addition to the quality of support offered our staff, this includes a range of therapist available for Art, and Speech and Language Therapy, an adolescent counselor and a Dyslexia specialist. Whilst we would not claim to be a therapeutic environment we would say that the whole experience that a young person receives at Farney Close is therapeutic.
The school has a post 16 provision that focuses mainly on three areas: College placement, Work Experience, and Independence Development. Our aim with this group of students is not necessarily to improve a pupil’s examination result, but to secure the next steps for the more vulnerable pupils who find an immediate move away from school at the end of year11 very difficult to sustain.
More information about the school can be found on our website on www.farneyclose.co.uk
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